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On Tuesday a third play opened, Royals of Kihikihi. Two plays in one night is sort of doable. Three, not so much. So I pulled in my friend Sigourney Taylor. Fall in love with her words, then go see the … Continue reading →

The point of a newspaper would seem to be in the name. ‘News’ paper. Which, the 5 year old I once was would firmly tell you is boring, an older me might have learnt the word tedious and a naive … Continue reading →

New Zealand can be a confused place. We’re proud because of our background of hard working men, we’re proud because we were the first country to give women the vote, we’re proud because we stood up to America over the … Continue reading →

When I was a child there seemed to be a persistent idea that New Zealand had no history, no stories worth telling. Sure, I learnt about Kate Sheppard, Sir Edmund Hillary and The Treaty of Waitangi (never Te Tiriti note) … Continue reading →

Oscar Wilde has always delighted me. When I was very small my grandmother would read to me The Happy Prince and Selfish Giant. His words quickly became integral to the history of my love affair with literature. Yet, I didn’t think … Continue reading →

There were three careers I was actively discouraged from following as a child. Theatre, Advertising and Law. With my Mother working in theatre we knew far too many struggling for their art. Meanwhile my Father worked in advertising and his whole … Continue reading →

Wednesday night there were events out the wazoo and I foolishly over committed myself. A opening of Seed vs Matt Mullenweg, creator of WordPress. I was umming and arring, could I do both? Then it occurred to me that I could pull in a … Continue reading →